Culpepper named PHS principal
Neuner, Plyler named principals of DES, FAE By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter bnimmons@thepccourier.com COUNTY — The School District of Pickens More »
SCDOT seeking comment on 183-178 intersection
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Officials are seeking public comment on a proposed “road diet” along portions More »
Cannon Church breaks ground on new building
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com CENTRAL — Construction of a $2 million addition to the grounds of Cannon Church More »
Lady Lions take down county foe Pickens for 18th straight victory
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com CENTRAL — After blowing by county foe Pickens in their first matchup this season, More »
Red Devils go cold against top-ranked High Point
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com LIBERTY — Hosting top-ranked High Point on senior night, the sixth-ranked Liberty High School More »
Deep Winter Blues Festival returns
PICKENS — The soulful sounds of the blues will once again echo through the hills of the Upstate as the More »
Courier Legal Notices 11-12-25
Easley infant’s death under investigation
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Local and state agencies are investigating the death of an infant in Easley.
In a news release issued Sunday, Nov. 9, Pickens County Coroner Andrew Wilson said he and chief deputy coroner Tommy Page responded to a home on Hummingbird Lane in Easley at 4:30 a.m. that day “in reference to an infant death.”
“At this time there are no signs of foul play,” Wilson said.
An autopsy was scheduled for a later date, he said.
Wagner elected Liberty mayor
Pickens, Central races headed to Nov. 18 runoff
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Voters returned to the polls Tuesday to decide who will represent them in 
the coming years in municipal seats around Pickens County.
In the only locally contested mayoral races this cycle, Liberty saw incumbent Mayor Erica Romo Woods unseated by challenger Andrea Wagner. Woods picked up just 87 votes compared to Wagner’s 518 votes in the election.
Elsewhere in Liberty, William Bo Cooley, Mikail Cantley, Jon Humphrey and Gerald Wilson all earned spots on Liberty City Council in unopposed races.
In Pickens, voters will have to wait two more weeks for the council chamber to be filled
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Flame advance to state title game
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — With a trip to the Class 4A state championship on the line, the Pickens High School volleyball team hosted Wren on Tuesday night, looking to return to the state championship after winning it all in 2024.
The Blue Flame took care of business in dominant fashion, sweeping the Hurricanes 3-
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ElringKlinger to create 294 jobs in Easley
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A company that announced it was coming to Pickens County last summer already plans to expand its local operations.
Automotive supplier ElringKlinger announced a $68.5 million investment that will create 294 new jobs.
ElringKlinger Group CEO Thomas Jessulat said last week “what we’ve started together last summer has taken shape in an impressive way and will continue to grow following
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Area groups discuss SNAP
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Nearly 20 dozen area organizations and groups met last week to discuss 
and coordinate response to the stoppage of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits due to the ongoing shutdown of the federal government.
Although recent judicial rulings could see SNAP benefits restored this month, it remains to be seen if and when that will occur in November.
In a Facebook post following the meeting, Rep. Neal Collins
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UCM aid needs soar
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A single mother of young kids fleeing an abusive relationship, low on funds and trying to cover the costs of her new apartment until she receives the first paycheck 
from her new job in Powdersville.
A server in Central already living paycheck to paycheck, unable to get her kids to school and herself to work until her car gets the expensive repair it needs to get back on the road.
A retired couple in Six Mile who have suddenly found themselves raising their young grandchildren, trying to pay for groceries, school supplies and clothing on their fixed income.
Those are just some of the true stories experienced by clients of United Christian
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Former Easley mayor faces ethics complaint
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
STATE — The South Carolina Ethics Commission held a hearing last month about an 
ethics complaint filed against former Easley Mayor Butch Womack in 2022.
A panel of SCEC chairman Xavier Starkes, commissioner Bryant Caldwell and commissioner Helen Munnerlyn was held Oct. 16 in Columbia.
“The purpose of the hearing today will be to hear allegations … and to allow the respondent to present any
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American Legion set to honor fallen Pickens native, WWII vet.
By William Gravely
Special to the Courier
news@thepccourier.com
BELTON — The American Legion of Belton is honoring the memory of Pickens native, 
Rev. Horace Edward Gravely who perished in the North Atlantic on Feb. 7, 1943 as a chaplain aboard the USS Henry Mallory, on Veteran’s Day.
The first surviving son of A. W. and Betty McKinney Gravely, he graduated from Pickens High School (delayed by the accidental death of his father in 1918) and of Wofford College in 1927. He entered the Upper South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South the next year and served appointments
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